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Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Rouge 2016
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$75.95
A light coating of mocha allows dark cherry and plum compote flavors to glide through center stage while gentle black...
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Alain Voge Cornas Les Chailles 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$60.95
A bright, piercing style, with a beam of violet and iron racing forth, backed by bitter cherry and red currant coulis...
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Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$131.22
Dark and winey, with a large core of steeped plum and blackberry fruit, infused liberally with sage, sweet tapenade,...
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Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$73.95
From lieux-dits Mazard and La Côte, 80% destemmed. Sun-warmed herbs accompany sand, lavender and raspberry on the...
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Chateau De La Negly Clos Des Truffiers 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$413.95
$422.55
Bottled in January, the 2016 Coteaux du Languedoc looks even better than it did as a barrel sample. It's a huge,...
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Chateau De La Negly La Porte Du Ciel 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$439.95
$449.37
Bottled just a month before my visit, the 2016 La Clape la Porte du Ciel looks even more impressive than it did from...
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Chateau De La Negly La Porte Du Ciel 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$200.88
Bottled just a month before my visit, the 2016 La Clape la Porte du Ciel looks even more impressive than it did from...
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Delas Freres Cote Rotie La Landonne 2016
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$313.95
$323.15
Sun-baked garrigue and smoky notes of iron and earth accent intensely ripe black cherry and cassis in this wine. Made...
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Delas Freres Cote Rotie La Landonne 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$159.45
Sun-baked garrigue and smoky notes of iron and earth accent intensely ripe black cherry and cassis in this wine. Made...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$75.78
Sleek and refined, with a very focused beam of cassis and cherry preserves laced with subtle tea, bay leaf and floral...
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Delas Freres Hermitage Les Bessards 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$135.41
Fresh and ripe, with a delicious mix of blueberry, blackberry and cherry fruit flavors that is carried by juicy...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$149.34
Youthful purple. A hugely perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red and blue fruit, floral, exotic spice, licorice, cola and...
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Domaine Garon Cote Rotie Les Rochins 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$93.62
Lastly, the 2016 Côte Rôtie Les Rochins sports a deep, inky color and a huge nose of crème de cassis, black...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$193.63
Classically Blonde in expression, lifted and fragrant, with raspberry, macadamia and sandalwood. Light-bodied, very...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$92.95
Classically Blonde in expression, lifted and fragrant, with raspberry, macadamia and sandalwood. Light-bodied, very...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$110.48
Nero D'avola Petite Sirah Syrah Pre-Arrival
Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.
Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.
Petite Sirah was first brought from France to America in the 1880s. It later went on to become one of the only grapes to make it through the devastating Phylloxera virus in the 1890s, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. During Prohibition, it was a main ingredient used to make sacramental wines. In fact, through the 1960s it was a major blending grape in a number of the finest wines produced in California.
By itself, a bottle of Petite Sirah usually has no problem making a quick impression on consumers. With a large amount of natural color and tannins, wines made with the grape commonly feature intensive sweet fruit characteristics like fresh raspberry or blackberry jam, black pepper spice, and plenty of backbone or structure.
There are a number of different styles available. Some concentrate on highlighting fresh, fruity flavors; others are bigger, more voluptuous; and it keeps going up the ladder until you reach the powerful, more machismo-style category.
Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.